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Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898- 1976

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Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Portrait of DRV leader Pham Van Dong, 1972.

Phạm, Văn Đồng (Pham Van Dong)

1906- 2000

PRC Vice Premier Chen Yi

Chen, Yi

1901- 1972

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1879- 1953

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1922- 2012

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January 8, 1958	Minutes of Conversation between Zhou Enlai and Soviet Ambassador Yudin (Excerpt) Zhou Enlai discusses the withdrawal of the Chinese People's Volunteers from North Korea with Ambassador Pavel Yudin and North Korea's views on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula.
May 1, 1954	Cable from Zhou Enlai, 'Regarding a Meeting with British Foreign Secretary Eden' Zhou Enlai, Molotov, and Eden discuss the Korea issue, the Indochina issue, Sino-British relations, British-American relations, and the issue of five powers.
May 14, 1954	Minutes of Conversation between Zhou Enlai and Anthony Eden Zhou Enlai and Anthony Eden discuss Geneva Conference proceedings related to the Korea and Indochina issues. Zhou expresses concerns for the French proposal on Indochina and states that China supports the North Vietnamese proposal. Zhou and Eden agree that a military armistice should be decided on, although they disagree on specific issues surrounding an armistice.
February 2, 1961	Memorandum of Conversation with Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai and the Albanian Ambassador hold further discussion on economic cooperation between Albania and China.
June 18, 1954	Minutes, Meeting between Zhou Enlai and the Australian Minister for External Affairs, Richard Casey (Summary) Zhou and Casey discuss issues of Korean unification, PRCs recognition in the UN, and Indochina. Zhou insists that if a nation establishes military bases in another country's territory, it is for aggressive reasons.
June 6, 1973	Discussion between Zhou Enlai, Le Duan, Pham Van Dong and Le Thanh Nghi Le Duan asks Zhou Enlai for Chinese help in building industry and infrastructure, as per a previous agreement between China and Vietnam.
July 12, 1972	Zhou Enlai’s Talk with Le Duc Tho, Special Adviser at the Paris Talks, in Beijing Excerpt in which Zhou Enlai recounts his and Mao Zedong’s trip to China in 1945
July 7, 1972	Summary of Zhou Enlai’s Talk with Xuan Thuy, Head of the DRV Delegation to the Paris Talks, in Beijing In an excerpt from the talk, Zhou Enlai stresses the importance of the time between July and October 1972 for the Vietnam War.
September 7, 1969	Summary of Zhou Enlai’s Talk with Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Romania, in Beijing Excerpt from a talk with Ion Gheorghe Maurer in which Zhou Enlai discusses the Soviet Union’s role in Vietnamese negotiations. Maurer was leading a Romanian Party and government delegation to attend Ho Chi Minh's funeral in Hanoi. He made a stopover in Beijing on September 7, 1969.
February 12, 1950	From the Journal of Ambassador Roshchin: Top Secret Memorandum of Conversation of the Ambassador of the USSR in China N.V. Roshchin with Zhou Enlai Roshchin, Soviet Ambassador to China, reports on his conversation with Zhou Enlai regarding the territory of Xinjiang; plans to draft an agreement on the transfer of Manchuria from the Soviet Union to the People's Republic of China; and settling the issue of payment for Soviet specialists in China. Zhou Enlai has also asked Roshchin to inform his Soviet counterparts that 14 February would be the most convenient date to sign the Sino-Soviet agreements, as that will allow the media sufficient time to report on the treaty prior to the Chinese new year celebrations beginning on 16 February.